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Die visuellen Welten des Stummfilms sind vielfach durch ornamentale Oberflächen geprägt: Interieurs wie Vorhänge, Teppiche, Tapeten, Möbel, Lampen und ebenso Kostüme. Neben der Funktion als Schmuck im diegetischen Raum erfasst das Ornamentale auch die Beziehung zwischen Figur und Umgebung sowie die Komposition des Filmbildes als Ganzes. Galt das Ornament lange als ‹konservative› Form, so hat sich die ihm innewohnende Abstraktionskraft als ein Prinzip der Moderne erwiesen. Entsprechend zeichnet die Studie an ausgewählten Fallbeispielen film- und stilhistorisch nach, welche Rolle ornamentgeprägte Filmbilder für die Ausformung einer innovativen Filmsprache spielten und welche Ideen des zeitgenössischen Ornament-Diskurses sich in Kunst- und Filmtheorie damit verbinden. Das Buch zeigt, wie Prinzipien des Ornamentierens – vom Kino um 1910 bis hin zur Hochphase der Avantgarde in den 1920er Jahren – in die Inszenierung des Verhältnisses von Fläche und Raum eingreifen und eine neuartige Qualität des filmisch Visuellen schaffen.

Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and institutionalizing democracies. How have democracies such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines survived against the odds, despite struggling economic performance and highly unequal distribution of income? How have formerly authoritarian regimes in places like South Korea and Taiwan evolved into stable democracies? The contributors to this volume examine these case studies, along with Mongolia, Malaysia, and India, arguing that the common element is the extent to which political parties, including opposition parties, have become institutionalized and act as stabilizers on democracy. They contend that the role of political parties has been significantly underestimated in comparison with structural elements, which are insufficient to explain how these democracies have persisted. An essential resource for students and scholars of Asian politics, especially those with a focus on comparative politics, political parties, and institutions.

Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia. As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more important than simple descriptive representation, however, is whether outcomes for women are improving. Rather than focusing on numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the substantive representation of women. In other words, what do women and men parliamentarians do to advance women’s well-being and gender equality? Using semi-structured interviews, the author of each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific Asian country. The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Timor-Leste. The book is an essential resource for scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender.